ISCHIA PORTO

ISCHIA PORTO

Ischia Porto is the first place that most visitors to the island of Ischia see and in many ways it's the most important. With a figure of around 16,000 It has the largest number of permanent residents of any of the island's six main towns and its busy port traffics the majority of Ischia's visitors to and from Naples via ferries and hydrofoils.

Upon arrival at Ischia Porto visitors find an attractive port area flanked on one side by the trendy Riva Destra (Right Bank in English), an elegant pathway that houses dozens of bars and restaurants, each with a view across the port. During the summer this area is frequented by the owners of yachts who use the port as a base for the duration of their stay. Some of the world's most influential and famous celebrities are known to have brought their super-yachts into this same port as word spreads of its fame.

Walking up the main shopping streets of Corso Vittoria Colonna or Via Roma there are dozens of opportunities to buy high-end fashion items or to try some of Ischia's limoncello or rucolino drinks that shop-owners offer to visitors as they pass. There are a number of beaches close to the port, the main one of which San Pietro Beach attracts the most attention with its wide expanse of golden sand. The town is also drenched in history with a wide range of churches to visit as well as having appeared in dozens of feature films. With dozens of hotels, bed & breakfasts and apartments to choose from, "Ischia" as it's know to locals is full of life and its cosmopolitan atmosphere makes it a must-see location for anybody visiting the Naples area.